Chapter 3 - The Fabricated Disgrace
Ten years prior, when Evelyn chose to join the military instead of signing over her late mother's commercial aviation shares to Charles, he had secretly sabotaged her private flight logs.
Charles had bribed a corrupt inspector to revoke her civilian aviation certification, framing her for negligence and cutting her off from the family fortune.
For an entire decade, Charles had told the entire city that Evelyn was an unstable, failed pilot who lived off family hand-outs, using her supposed disgrace to keep Amanda and Daniel under his strict financial control.
"You lied to us, Dad?" Amanda asked, tears welling in her eyes as she turned to Charles. "You told us Evelyn abandoned Mom's company because she was reckless!"
"She is reckless!" Charles shouted defensively, his composure cracking under the gazes of his influential guests. "Look at her! Coming into my gala covered in mud and blood just to draw attention to herself!"
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"She didn't come here for attention, Charles," Daniel interjected, his voice low with sudden realization. "Look at what she's holding."
👉 What was tucked inside Evelyn's flight jacket that Charles had spent ten years trying to destroy?
